Sign in

The Eighth Archive (or something)

@nadas-dirthalen.bsky.social
113 followers 152 following 66 posts

they/them | Dragon Age archive spirit | I write things and I post lore things (har har.) | Same name here as on tumblr!! | pfp by @Galatine113.bsky.social

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Popular Science @popsci.com · 18/12/2025
The name "Popular Science" doesn't mean we shift our coverage depending on public opinion. It means we cover relevant subjects that are rigorously researched, reliable, and grounded in reality. And trans lives are grounded in reality. We see y'all. No matter what. www.popsci.com/science/tran...
popsci.com
First-of-a-kind study shows encouraging data for trans kids who socially transition
Ninety-four percent of participants in a new study stood firm in their trans identity after five years, and "detransitioning" is rare.
142176586705 17.7K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Galatine @galatine113.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Maiden's Fire #roguetrader #art
a large pink woman holding a vase and a star against a purple backdrop. there is a small man walking toward hera large pink woman kneeling down close to the face of a small man. she is holding a star in her palm and offering it to him
04511 45
The Eighth Archive (or something) @nadas-dirthalen.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
I'm sorry I'm in a salty mood. If I have to hear "My English degree" in That Tone as part of fandom nonsense even one more time? Chair attack 🪑🪑🪑🪑 Speaking here as someone with an English degree btw.
210 2
The Eighth Archive (or something) @nadas-dirthalen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
It's so fascinating to me to think about what train of thought someone has to go through to arrive at "Yeah this game dev needs to hear my Spicy Take but only from a burner account" ... Like did the need for a burner account not give away that this idea is Probably A Bad One Actually, or 💀
010 1
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Anna Svab✨ @svanha.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
260425 I rarely use color in my sketches but this one obviously needed some, so here you go✨🪻✨ I’m slowly prepping for Mermay so there’ll be some shift in themes for a while but don’t worry, Emmrook WILL return 😏 #dragonage #dragonagetheveilguard #emmrichvolkarin #emmrichxrook
6402122 402
The Eighth Archive (or something) @nadas-dirthalen.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Not my Inquisitor being raven-themed and Dirthamen-themed all through DAI 😭Not me reading this and losing ALL my marbles about the raven icons 😭😭😭
020 2
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Spooky Scary SkeleJenn 🇵🇸 @singing-kitsune.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Langston Hughes

“NOTE TO ALL NAZIS FASCISTS AND KLANSMEN” 

You delight,

So it would seem,

At making mince- meat of my dream.

If you keep on,

Before you’re through,

I’ll make mince- meat

Out of you.
3173542112 7.4K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Corinne Busche 🏳️‍⚧️ @corinnebusche.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
If these games meant something to you, but you don’t feel right celebrating this 30th anniversary, perhaps consider a $30 donation towards a cause that helps the people most in need right now. www.thetrevorproject.org
thetrevorproject.org
Support Homepage
The Trevor Project is a non-profit suicide prevention organization that provides 24/7 crisis support services, research, and advocacy for LGBTQ+ young people.
10557314 557
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Felassan @felassan.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Dragon Age, like felassan, is immortal to me 💜 thank you. #thankyouDADevs #veilguardspoilers
115819 158
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
keyvei ✨ commissions open ✨ @keyvei.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
I just want to say my small thank you to everyone who made Dragon Age happen. Playing Origins I fell in love with videogames and especially Dragon Age franchise. It affected my life in so many ways and I’m incredibly grateful. Keep creating, you guys are the best. #ThankYouDADevs
222259 222
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Dandelion has arrived ~ EliasGoesHard 🇨🇦 @thegardeningbard.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Just dropping this address here EA Corporate Secretary Electronic Arts Inc. 209 Redwood Shores Pkwy. Redwood City, CA 94065 Some tips : Paper letter>emails Be polite but direct with exactly what you expect as resolution Complaints are a metrics in corp. Don't let them meet their goals
39127 91
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
🌻Chen🌻😋🍽️ Biting Urianger's Collarbone 😋🍽️ @chennield.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Hello Devs saying it's yours now about Dragon Age has me emotional at work, actually. Putting the whole DA franchise in my pocket for safe keeping. It's like a bag of holding. Don't worry it's safe in there :)
014531 145
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Caitie @ghildirthalen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Screenshot of tom nook from acnh by a microphone. He is saying “i have an announcement to make: i am sad”
835752 357
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Sam Maggs @sammaggs.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Game studio announcements be like, “We laid off all your favourite devs! But don’t worry, all the people actually responsible for the horrible decision-making that led to this massive failure are staying on :) and they will still be driving their new Porsches :) all is well!!!!!”
155170523666 17.1K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Caitie @ghildirthalen.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Dragon Age has brought me so much joy and comfort in my darkest times- i could (and might honestly) write so much about it. That I cant reciprocate that feeling to the people that made it- i get so frustrated. Any and all DA devs, you matter. Your work matters- they dont know all you did.
161508353 1.5K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Caitie @ghildirthalen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
If you would like to help support Trick Weekes, they wrote a few books you should get! Quoted is the best ways to support, and here are the titles: The Palace Job (2012) The Prophecy Con (2014) The Paladin Caper (2015) Feeder (2018)
15615248 615
The Eighth Archive (or something) @nadas-dirthalen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
i'm coping with everything super well* today *i have started a reblog chain so everyone can sing 'the dawn will come' with me via tumblr posts and it has now made me cry twice
040 4
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Galatine @galatine113.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Dragon Age is what made me start drawing again after a years long break. I have laughed and cried and been endlessly inspired by the world of Thedas and its inhabitants and will continue to be for the rest of my life. Words aren’t enough 💖 #thankyouDAdevs
212125 121
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
rosieofcorona.bsky.social @rosieofcorona.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Seconded from the bottom of my heart. 💕 #thankyouDAdevs
0252 25
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Karin West-Weekes @karinww.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hello! I’m looking for work, ideally in an editor role. It’s been an honor to work with so many talented professionals, and a pleasure to meet so many amazing community members, in my 19 years at BioWare. I’m so grateful to all of you.
1532172524 2.2K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
I'm now looking for a new writing/narrative position. It's been a privilege to work with so many amazing devs over my 20 years at BioWare, and I will cherish the memories of the wonderful folks in the community I've met along the way. Thank you all.
4973260647 3.3K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Caitie @ghildirthalen.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Re: The Keep being down Hey- its not down permanently, just something hiccuped. But its the weekend and DAI is a decade old, so no one is in to fix it until tomorrow at the earliest. Be cool, kids 🫡
41809 180
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Ange @handle.invalid · 26/01/2025
| ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄| A game does not need to be difficult to be good |_____________| \ (•◡•) / \ / —— | | | |
248127931514 12.8K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
The Transfeminine Review @thetransfemininereview.com · 24/01/2025
Hot fucking damn
Within this tome, I present to you a year's worth of contentious, arduous, and sometimes backbreaking work. A project oriented around plugging linguistic gaps, formulating frameworks, and giving both transfeminists and those who seek a better understanding of trans issues the tools to properly elucidate how transmisogyny functions. It is not the be-all and end-all of declaring the trans woman a firmly feminist subject, in a manner that should have been obvious to the 'greatest' thinkers on gender and queerness.
No, it is very much only the beginning.
That, I promise.
I hold no reverence for your idols. I declare no allegiance to your priests. I do not honor the sanctity of your temples. I am not a shield for excusing the violence of men, nor a convenient scapegoat to butcher in their stead. I am neither an excuse to prop up antifeminist sentiment nor am I a voiceless puppet for whom others must speak.
I'm a fucking tranny with something to say, here to remind you that we used to be regarded as oracles for a reason.
425349 253
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Grey ~Commissions open 💜 @greyenchanter.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
More Dorian! Because there's never enough 💜🥰 #DragonAge #digitalart
14262111 262
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Galatine @galatine113.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
Protector of the People #mythal #dragonage
1423152 423
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
rae 🍂🎃💀 @sunbraeking.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
writers gifting fic to artists based on their drawings and artists gifting art based on fics is the purest form of fandom at its core.
1429711396 3K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
rahaeli @rahaeli.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
If you need a dose of queer joy today (please note anyone doomshitting on queer joy will get a block to the face)
121735398 1.7K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
🍂 Autumn Witch 🍁 @autumnwitch.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
211445 114
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
🎃 Antiva City 🎃 @antivacity.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
The developers at BioWare (past and present) should hold their heads with pride at what they accomplished with DATV. A project seemingly trapped in dev hell was released with minimal issues, solid critical reviews, and successfully landed a long-running plot-line. #DragonAge #TheVeilguard
Lace Harding holds her head with pride. She is wearing her Hero of the Veilguard armor, with the Inquisition’s logo prominent on the breastplate.
934066 340
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Meade Krosby @meadekrosby.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
EO: "the immutable biological reality of sex" Biological reality:
discoverwildlife.com
10 animals that can change sex
2604762968 4.8K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
🍂 Autumn Witch 🍁 @autumnwitch.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
10490140 490
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 20/01/2025
You won't be any better at fighting what's coming if you burn yourself out and spend all your time feeling bleak and hopeless, and the people telling you that it's all despair now probably don't have anyone's best interest at heart.
9079741976 8K
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Sara 🐴 @purplenjoyer.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Noticed I never posted this one here #Anders #AndersDragonAge #DragonAgeAwakening #DAOA #DAO
413265 132
The Eighth Archive (or something) @nadas-dirthalen.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
had literally one of the worst weeks i have had in a long time and realized... the world is better for having fanfiction in it. a wealth of stories made purely out of love and a want for community. we live in an age where thousands of people can share that kind of love and it's free to find and read
100 1
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Hagatha Christie • is 3 Trash Gnomes In A Trench Coat @lizagnanoodles.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
People are already being obnoxious about tiktok. It doesn't matter if you used it or not. Plenty of folks did and it kept their businesses afloat. Also like popping on social media of any kind to be holier than thou about tiktok being a "time waster" is sure the take of all time.
910222 102
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Lokri @lokri.bsky.social · 22/10/2024
My old #Anders sketch #art #dragonage #fanart
3363177 363
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Survive the Tyrant! @survivethetyrant.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
A group of us made something heartfelt. It’s an RPG-style guide for surviving an authoritarian and oppressive regime! If you like it, please boost and share it however you can. Today is the last day you’ll hear from us. Stay safe! survivethetyrant.infy.uk www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
survivethetyrant.infy.uk
14373218 373
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Allisondraste @allisondraste.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
“Davrin’s story isn’t actually about him, it’s just about Assan and the griffons” It’s about Davrin, a monster hunter, learning through his bond with a griffon (a creature known for fighting monsters) that they both can be more than a tool to combat evil. That their lives have greater purpose than
618362 183
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Janis Irwin @janisirwin.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Alberta: home of the highest auto insurance rates, fastest-growing rents, highest inflation, lowest minimum wage, lowest education funding. And home to a UCP government that’s just hiked their own salaries and budgets. Instead of helping you, the UCP helped themselves. Please don’t forget this.
11413178 413
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
becky who @osteathus.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
ode to a found family 💜 #dragonage #veilguard #datv
image of all the veilguard companions + shadow dragon rook embracing together in their casual clothes.

from the top left: taash, who is hugging emmerich and harding together with one arm, while their free hand rests ohardings. manfred is cheering from the right. in the middle, assan smiles from the left, and davrin smiles down at and is holding endras, who in turn has one hand on assan, and another resting on bellara's shoulder. on the bottom row from left to right: lucanis has one arm around neve's waist, while neve has one arm slung over his shoulders and another on bellara's waist. bellara is excitedly reaching out towards them both to hug them close. everyone is smiling and holding one another [end id]
21078470 1.1K
The Eighth Archive (or something) @nadas-dirthalen.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
i cannot wait to start writing fanfic about my rook because... guys i'll get to write bellara. and you know what that means? i can write with as many em dashes as exist in my own internal monologue. i will become UNGOVERNABLE.
130 3
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Trick Weekes @trickweekes.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Solas Thedas. (THE Dragon Age Surname)
826435 264
Reposted by The Eighth Archive (or something)
Fi @pancakesoup.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
baby 🤲 #DragonAgeVeilguard #BellaraLutare
9991421 991